THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, DECEMBER, 1928 



SAVE MONEY ON 

 Automobile 

 Insurance 



January 1, 1929 



On the first of this year, when 

 they renewed their licenses, 

 many Massachusetts motor- 

 ists obtained them at reduced 

 cost, having saved from $4.25 

 to $14.50 by buying Public 

 Liability and Property Dam- 

 age Insurance in the 



SECUiyiY 



MERCHANTS MUTUAL 

 CASUALTY COMPANY 



Put yourself in position to en- 

 joy a similar saving in 1929. 



Place your automobile insur- 

 ance with a company having 

 an agent in your locality. It 

 may mean much to you in 

 peace-of-mind and time should 

 you have an accident. 



Head Office: 268 Main St., Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



Branch Office: 89 Broad St., Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Branch Office: 44-3 Court Square 

 Bldg., Springfield, Mass. 



County Agent's Report 



Continued from opposite page 

 baby chicks could be reared were used by 

 many poultrymen for the first time. 

 These porches, which were made of one 

 half inch mesh hardware cloth, were very 

 popular with practically everyone using 

 them. Their chief advantage was in keep- 

 ing the chicks off the ground thereby 

 avoiding many avenues for disease in- 

 fection. 



As a rule poultrymen are providing 

 better range for the growing chicks and 

 are avoiding crowding on the range. 



Poultry meetings were held during the 

 year on chick management, culling and 

 breeding. 



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Permanent 



V) FARM . . 



Lonstntction 



ffa book 

 of interest to 

 every farmer 



THE new booklet 

 "Permanent Farm 

 Construction" is a prac- 

 tical working manual on 

 farm concrete. It tells 

 how to use concrete for 

 barns, granaries, silos, 

 septic tanks, and every 

 structure required on 

 the modern farm. De- 

 tailed suggestions for 

 mixing and placing con- 

 crete are given, together 

 with a large number of 

 useful photographs and 

 diagrams. 



With this book as a 

 guide, any farmer can 

 make many profitable 

 improvements on his 

 farm at small cost. A 

 free copy will be mailed 

 to you upon request. 



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ASSOCIATION 

 10 High Street, BOSTON 



Concrete jor Permanence 



Seeds 

 That Grow 



The Ea-stern .State.s Farmers' lOx- 

 fhting"e g'oes the limit to assure 

 maximum producing power in the 

 field seeds it purchases for farmers. 



For example, the parent .seed 

 stocks of the silage corn varieties 

 for 1929 were selected in 1927 from 

 the standing- stalk.f in northeastern 

 fields. Due regard wa.s paid to the 

 leafiness, vigor and freedom from 

 di.sease of the stalk as well as to 

 the quality of the ear. During the 

 growing season of 1928. the fields 

 planted to this corn have been in- 

 spected by state officials represent- 

 ing the crop improvement associa- 

 tions in the territories themselves 

 as well as by representatives of the 

 Eastern States seed service. Eastei"n 

 States seed corn for 1929 represents 

 the careful ear selection from these 

 fields. Tips and butts have been 

 eliminated from the best of this 

 corn so as to assure uniformity of 

 all the Eastern States seed corn 

 placed in the planter's hoppers. 



The small seeded legumes — clover.^ 

 and alfalfa.s — have been purchased 

 from reliable growers in the re- 

 stricted areas of the northern states 

 where pure strains adapted to East- 

 ern States territory are produced. 

 f'erti-I-Germ — Eastern .States inocu- 

 lant — is supplied with every lot of 

 Eastern States legume seed, and its 

 cost is included in the price of the 

 seed. 



The field peas which the Exchange 

 offers for 1929 will gladden the 

 hearts of the older generation who 

 remember the magniflcant stands 

 this heavy yielding legume used to 

 produce in the old days. The parent 

 stock of the Gojdcn Vine seed offered 

 was proved disease-free, was planted 

 in the region of .St. Anthony, Idaho, 

 in fields watered by sub-irrigation. 

 The semi-arid conditions eliminated 

 the possibility of the development 

 of those fungus diseases which cut 

 so heavily into the yield of fieldpeas 

 grown fr'om the common run of field 

 pea. 



And so on down the line. The 

 best interests of the consumers in 

 Eastern States territory have guided 

 the Exchange in all of its seed pur- 

 chasing. 



Finally, Eastern St.ates seed this 

 year is being prepared for shipment 

 at the new completely equipped seed 

 house built last summer by the East- 

 ern States Farmers' Exchange and 

 it will reach the members in the best 

 condition possible. 



Eastern States seed appeal to tho.se 

 farmers who realize that the success 

 of their crops — the profits from the 

 time and cash spent in preparing 

 their seedbed — depend very largely 

 on the quality of the seed they sow. 



For information on Eastern States 

 seed service write the office. 



£}asterii§tatcs jfaFoiGi's J^xclioAgc 



.\ non-Ntnok, non-profit organiza- 

 tion o^vned ami e«introllcd liy the 

 farmers it .serves. 



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Spiingfield, Massachusetts 



